mercredi 14 décembre 2011

GALILEE TO JUDAH FOR THE CENSUS BREAKING NEWS

103 MILES

This is the first day of our Novena. During the next few days we will be meditating on the coming of the Savior. We will be reliving the rigors of a voyage imposed upon the Holy Family by the Roman Empire and its puppet, Herod the Great. Just as the Israelites crossed the desert from Egypt, so Joseph, Mary and the as yet unborn Jesus travel from Nazareth in Galilee to Bethlehem in Judea. Just as Jesus walked from the Praetorium to Calvary, the end of the line is always an explosion of the splendor of God...The Promised Land, the Birth of the Savior and finally, the Resurrection. We join together in prayer and in sacrifice to accompany the Holy Family, not to be counted by the Romans, but to prepare ourselves to be counted among the disciples chosen to walk side by side with the Messiah.Join us as we reflect upon the mystery that is unfolding before us as we obey the directive of Jesus to "Do this in memory of me."